Orignal Costume
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The Quest to Find Fabric for a 2020 Renaissance Festival Costume
It’s mid February and that means so many things, including the Arizona Renaissance Festival is open! I plan on going this year, but after years of illness and body weight/shape/size problems, none of my beloved costumes will fit me. I’m in the process of salvaging as many as I can, but to be honest I know I can’t save all of them. I plan to recycle the fabric I used to make the costumes I cannot save, but there are costumes I want to make but do not have enough fabric to make some of the costumes I want to make to wear to the festival. Because of this, I…
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Costuming Sewing Plans for 2020
It’s almost 2020 and it’s time to start planning for new sewing projects. I’m not sure what kind of general sewing projects I want to work on, but I already have an idea of what kind of costumes I would like to make. Although I make a costuming sewing plan list every year, I don’t finish anything on my list. In this coming year, I already gathered all the fabric, patterns, and, with some costumes, all the supplies I need to make them. All I need to do is sew them! Because I’m so prepared to start sewing, I’m extremely confidant that I will complete nearly everything on this list.…
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Elizabethan Whovian Hat
It’s been a year since I started working on my Elizabethan Whovian costume. During that time I’ve worked on it on and off, but progress on it has been slow partly because I ran into more problems with the bodice of the dress, and partly because my day job has kept me very busy. Despite this, I was able to work on and off on the hat for the costume. I recently finished most of the hat, so here is how I made it!
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Making an 18th Century Bum Pad
After weeks of working on the Elizabethan Whovian costume, I began to have a sewing idea block. In order to keep myself sewing, I began to work on something I knew I’d need and is easy to sew. Since I needed to make a bum pad for a future 18th century costume, I decided to make that my next sewing project. The pattern I used to make the bum roll is Simplicity’s pattern number 8162.
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Elizabethan Whovian- Dress Design and Fabric
It’s that time of the year when the Arizona Renaissance Festival reopens! Although I’m very excited about the fair, I had so much going on in my life these past few years that I was unable to go to the festival more than one day and I was unable to make or finish any costumes to wear to it. This year, I’m able to work on a costume, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to go. Still, I’m going to try to make a new costume.
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18th Century Hoop Pockets
Back in January, after my car accident (I didn’t want to mention I was in a car accident here on my blog until I got everything settled. Since it’s settled, I can now mention it.) I was still shaken up and needed something to get my mind off worrying about my car. I needed to make a pair of 18th century hoop pockets for dresses I wanted to make in the future, so I decided to make that. The hoop pockets were made using J. P. Ryan’s pattern for hoop pockets. Although the instructions are good, I misplaced them while working on the hoops. I ended up making the hoops…
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Making an 18th Century Bum Pad
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Thor Valkyrie Sketches- Headdress
A while ago I talked about making a Valkyrie costume inspired by the costumes used in the movie Thor. I originally planned to make the costume for the Arizona Renaissance Festival this year, but after working on the costume, my ideas became more and more elaborate until it became impossible for me to complete the costume, wear it to the Renaissance festival, and be happy with the way it looks. So, I decided to not wear the costume to the festival this year. I will continue to make the costume, but not for a while. I’m still planning on making a headdress inspired by the circlet crown used in The…
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Valkyrie Progress
A while ago I talked about planning on making a Valkyrie costume similar to the ones seen in the movie Thor. Well, it looks like I will be making this costume and wearing it to the Arizona Renaissance Festival in 2013. For this reason, I’ll post some photos that show what I’m working on/planning to make….. This is the green, crushed velvet dress I want to use as the base of the whole costume. I made it in 2010 when I didn’t know how to sew costumes very well so there were mistakes in it. Now that I’m way more advanced in sewing and costuming than I used to be,…
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More Tudor Dress Progress
Well, a while ago I talked about making a Tudor dress from Simplicity pattern 2589. I’m happy to say that I have finished the outer gown and took photos of it on my dress from! I really like how it turned out and am very excited about finishing the whole costume. Excuse the messy room in the photos. I’m afraid I still haven’t cleaned it up yet. The whole gown with petticoat underneath…. Close up of the bodice top…. Thanks to my sewing machine breaking a few weeks ago, I haven’t been able to sew finish the underskirt of the costume. (I’m NOT sewing that thing by hand) So instead…
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Arizona Renaissance Festival 2013 Tennative Costume
I’ve been attending the Arizona Renaissance Festival every year since 2010 and every year, I made a costume to wear there. The first costume I made and wore in 2010 was based off Eowyn’s “green” dress from the movie Lord of the Rings, Two Towers. Back then I wasn’t very experienced in sewing without help with my mom and my mom thought I needed to try to make something myself with very little help from her, so when I made the costume it didn’t turn out just like Eowyn’s dress. It was similar, but not the way I imagined it. After I wore it, I put it away so I…
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